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[Sweet is the work, my God, my King]

[Sweet is the work, my God, my King]

Composer: John Jasper McClellan (1892)
Published in 8 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: John Jasper McClellan

McClellan, John Jasper; b. Apr. 20, 1874, Payson, Utah; d. Aug. 2, 1925; Salt Lake City; American organist and conductor, composer of Ode to Irrigation, organ pieces, numerous anthems LOC Name Authority files Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Sweet is the work, my God, my King]
Composer: John Jasper McClellan (1892)
Incipit: 56712 34556 71231
Notes: Also published as "DOUGLASS" (LDS1985)
Key: F Major
Source: Deseret Sunday School Song Book, 1892
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Organ Chains 2: Twenty-eight favorite hymns arranged in a continuous medley for Organ
    Composer/Editor Brent Jorgensen
    Published By: Jackman Music Corporation (1998) pp. 32
  • Six Organ Solos
    Composer/Editor Robert P. Manookin
    Published By: Sonos Music Resources Incorporated (1984) pp. 10
  • Quiet Pieces Book One: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Darwin Wolford
    Published By: Jackman Music Corporation (1981) pp. 20
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 3 Number 5 May 1969: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Joseph Roff; John J. McClellan
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1969) pp. 8
  • Devotional Hymns for the Organ: With Hammond Registration
    Composer/Editor Warren G. Allred
    Published By: Theodore Presser Company (1968) pp. 6
  • Easy Organ Transcriptions of Four Favorite Mormon Hymns Number One
    Composer/Editor Roy M. Darley
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1967) pp. 8
  • Organ Voluntaries in Three Volumes Volume 1
    Composer/Editors Alexander Schreiner; John J. McClellan
    Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1965) pp. 104

Piano Solo

  • Sacred Piano Preludes Volume One: With Transitions for Continuous Performance
    Composer/Editor Marvin Goldstein
    Published By: M. G. Productions (1996) pp. 29
  • Hymn Preludes for Piano
    Composer/Editors John J. McClellan; Margaret C. Richards
    Published By: The Church Of Jesus Christ of LDS (1976) pp. 22
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6415
Text: Sweet Is the Work, My God, My King
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

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Himnos de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Últimos Días #84

Himnos de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Últimos Días #84
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Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #147

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #147
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Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #317

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #317
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The Cyber Hymnal #6415

The Cyber Hymnal #6415
Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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